Jennifer Dungan Associate Professor Jennifer Dungan, PhD, MSN, is reimagining health equity. Recognizing that no two bodies are the same, Dungan took a deeper look at why the many different lab tests for heart disease do not accurately reflect known differences between men and women. Thanks to a collaborative…
With graduation and her first full-time nursing job on the horizon, Class of 2023 BSN senior Victoria Hammond believed there was still some time to make her and her fellow students even more prepared for what lies ahead in their careers. BSN senior Riley Swanson tests her interviewing skills with…
College of Nursing faculty and students were well represented in a recent display of cutting-edge research and innovation. From March 1-3, over 30 Gator Nurses attended the Southeastern Nursing Research Conference, an annual celebration of nursing science in the southeastern United States. Attendees had the opportunity to share research findings,…
For UF College of Nursing faculty, providing much-appreciated guidance to students throughout their nursing journey is a welcomed part of the job. But thanks to a new program, college faculty now have a resource of their own to help them elevate their mentorship skills – as well as the next…
Representing UF Health nursing excellence, Meghan Bailey, MSN, RN, CCRN, nurse specialist for the adult Critical Care Units and Nicolle Davis, PhD, RN, SCRN, ASC-BC, FAHA, UF Health stroke program coordinator, appeared at the International Stroke Conference held in Dallas, Texas, earlier in February. The pair of nurses served as representatives…
To meet increased demand, UF Online is adding a fall start date for the RN to BSN program. Once exclusively available for spring admission, prospective nursing students now have the option to apply for the fall semester for the first time.
Do you know of a UF College of Nursing faculty member who has gone above and beyond for nursing education and is deserving of special recognition?…
We would like to recognize Gator Nurse Carolyn Adams (BSN 1972, MSN 1973), who was one of the first African American students invited to attend the University of Florida. After graduating, she established the Estella Byrd Whitman Wellness and Community Resource Center to provide much-needed health care underserved and uninsured…
As a young girl, Associate Professor Miriam O. Ezenwa, PhD, MSN, BSN, RN, FAAN, witnessed the effects of a disease that would later become the focus of her research years later, firsthand. Growing up in Nigeria, Ezenwa found herself face-to-face with the devastating effects of sickle cell disease, a…
Staja ‘Star’ Booker When Gator Nursing researchers work to find new ways to change health care for the better, they shoot for the stars. And, as her nickname suggests, Assistant Professor Staja “Star” Booker, PhD, RN, is a College of Nursing research superstar. Naturally curious from a young age, Booker’s…
